Martha Francis Harrison
Martha Powell Harrison, 81, Fountain Run, Passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at Tristar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN. A native of Barren County, She was the daughter of the late John Phillip Powell and Frankie Lewis Powell. Martha was a retired postal carrier for the United States Postal Service. She loved riding and taking care of her horses.
Survivors include two grandsons: Clay Lovell (Amy) of Knob Lick, and Mathew Stewart of Glasgow; a very close cousin Ann Fife, and best friend Sandra Gorin.
In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Hubert Daine Harrison; two daughters: Marla Stewart, and Davie Reneau.
Funeral service will be held 2:00pm Saturday December 9, 2023 at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home with burial in the Glasgow Municipal Cemetery. Visitation will be after 10am the day of the service.
To lose my best friend is akin to losing my own family. Martha was the sister I never had, a friend through life’s up’s and down’s. We shared a love of history and genealogy; she is the one who taught me about Barren County. We traveled many miles seeking old cemeteries and recording the information. Many times that took us over barbed wire fences and through undergrowth over our heads. We were both only children, we both loved horses and cats and dogs. She knew the name of every wildflower, every road in Barren County from her years of trail riding. We laughed together, we cried together.
Martha, dear friend, you will never be forgotten. My daughters Kris and Shelley, loved you dearly. You blessed our lives and I will miss you forever.